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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 17201:
- Raha Regrets 'Deliberate Distortion' Of Ongc's Performance (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Pained at what he termed as "deliberate distortion" of ONGC's performance, Subir Raha, before demitting office as the company's chairman, had hit out at the Oil Ministry saying: "The truth should not be drowned in prejudice."
- Hc Asks R V Dental College To Admit Four Students (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Comed-K brochure said that the fee payable by the selected candidates will be on par with fee fixed by the committee.
- Bosch Sets Up Common Rail Unit In B’Lore (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
According to Mr Bohr, both plants have been flexibly designed to serve the requirements of local automakers.
- Microsoft Targets Apple’S Ipod (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Microsoft Corp., world’s biggest software maker, is developing portable music players with NTT DoCoMo Inc., Toshiba Corp. and other Japanese companies to compete against Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod.
- Falling Prey To E-Scams (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2006)
This morning I received, among other e-mails, one from a former “princess” of Zimbabwe, no less, pleading for help in retrieving a few million US dollars stashed away by her father secretly before he got killed.
- Voila! Viagra Makes Strides Amid Rows (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Dr Simon Campbell – one of the key persons who was on the Pfizer team that developed Viagra after 13 years of research – was in the City recently.
- The Da Vinci Code Leads Students Astray On Exams (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
It's thick with some big words and makes reference to history — but that doesn’t make The Da Vinci Code a textbook. Even so, some high school students in Britain have been mistaking fiction for fact — and using the blockbuster to support arguments . . .
- Quota Nod With Rider (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Supreme Court today said the government need not wait for its final judgment to goahead with reservations for Other Backward Classes but should keep in mind that the issue was before it.
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- You Can’T Wall Off Immigrants (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
Both the senate and House versions of an immigration bill to keep unauthorised migrants out of the US rely on the construction of hundreds of miles of new physical barriers, high-tech gadgetry and more manpower along the Southwestern border.
- The Flight Of Merit (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, Jun 01, 2006)
Do Doctors Serve The System That Subsidised Their Education?
- Quota Move Brings Out Caste Divide In Young Indians (Daily Times, Kamil Zaheer, Jun 01, 2006)
Modern India likes to boast about its emergence on the world stage and its booming information and pharmaceutical sectors, but the country is still grappling with the ancient Hindu caste system which divides its people
- Nam On Iran (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The Non-Aligned Movement's unequivocal backing of Iran's right to "develop, research, produce and use atomic energy for peaceful purposes" is welcome even if it is unlikely to bring an end to the ongoing stand-off between Tehran and Washington.
- New Look At Adult Education (Deccan Herald, SUDHA MADHAVAN, Jun 01, 2006)
Learning for adults has to be experiential. It must help them find meaning in life
- Sonia Must Quit: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The BJP President, Mr Rajnath Singh, today demanded that Congress President Sonia Gandhi should resign from her Lok Sabha seat on the “grounds of morals and principles” after President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam returned the Office of Profit Bill passed . . .
- Quotes On Quotas (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 01, 2006)
For political reasons, the BJP and even the RSS cannot afford to openly attack the idea of reservations for OBCs in educational institutions. But the Organiser (June 4) can barely conceal its support for the anti-reservation agitation spearheaded . . .
- Medicos Call Off Stir After Sc Order (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Thousands of doctors and medical students this evening called off a 20-day strike against reservations in institutions of higher learning, hours after the Supreme Court ordered them to do so immediately and resume work within three days, assuring . . .
- '500 Lab-Network Set Up In India' (The Economic Times, SOBHA MENON, Jun 01, 2006)
Partnerships have been key to creating innovative and cutting-edge solutions for technology companies.
- Britain Lecturers Shut Out Israel Varsities Over Palestine ‘Apartheid’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Britain’s biggest lecturers’ union yesterday backed a call for a boycott of Israeli universities in protest at its Government’s “apartheid” policies towards Palestine.
- Credit It To ‘‘Condi’’ Law Makers (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
After all that was said and done by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush last month, the real person who is pushing the nuclear deal is Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
- Doctors At Indian Hospitals Call Off Strike (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Doctors at leading Indian hospitals, bowing to an order by the Supreme Court, called off on Wednesday a three-week-old strike against a government move to book more college seats for lower caste students.
- 'The Army Has To Come Out' (OutLook, Arundhati Roy, Jun 01, 2006)
'The Indians are teaching the Americans, too, how to occupy a place ... The occupation of Kashmir has taken place over years. ... In Iraq, you have 125,000 or so American troops in a situation of war, controlling 25 million Iraqis.
- Tn Passes Act For Quota In Pvt Institutions (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Jun 01, 2006)
Tamil Nadu on Wednesday enacted a law in pursuance of the 93rd constitutional amendment to provide for reservation in private institutions, either aided or unaided.
- Docs Call Off Stir As Sc Cautions Govt (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Paying heed to Supreme Court assurances that it would look into concerns of striking medicos regarding reservation, doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) called off their 18-day-old strike on Wednesday evening.
- "The Drug Problem As We Know It Of Late Is A Consequence . . . (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Jun 01, 2006)
Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, claims his office has been able to contain the problem of narcotics use. In an interview during a brief visit to Kolkata recently, he said more could be achieved . . .
- Bhel-Nitt Tie-Up For Research Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Students can take up projects in welding etc.
- Resident Doctors End Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Medical students, however, say they will continue the protest on the quota issue
Supreme Court says they resume work or face contempt
Those who do not rejoin work will be served termination notice: Anbumani
- Rs. 64-Lakh `Cholesterol Reducer' Lying Idle At Bowring Hospital (Hindu, Divya Ramamurthi, Jun 01, 2006)
The expensive machine has apparently been never used
The equipment was purchased in 1999 based on a committee's recommendation
Only AIIMS has this equipment
Each time it is operated, the hospital would have to spend Rs. 80,000
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
In "Kalam sends back Office of Profit Bill" (May 31, 2006, page 1), the sub-heading was "Says focus should be on evolving a just, fair criteria", while the sentence in the text was "Mr. Kalam said the focus of the Bill should be on evolving a . . .
- The Task Of Keeping Count (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
The importance of gathering population data in terms of accretions and erosions in real time cannot be overstated.
- Round Table Politics: Jihad And Kebabs (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's round-table process calls for a transfiguration of political attitudes in New Delhi and Srinagar.
- Quirk Express (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , May 31, 2006)
As we seem to be slipping inexorably towards repressive and totalitarian ways of thinking, I believe the time has come to take a stance.
- A Committee A Day (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 31, 2006)
Perhaps in his formative years at Gah, or later in college, Dr Manmohan Singh studied a subject called moral science and was taught that a sin of omission is worse than one of commission, and that not acting is on par with sinning! Which could be . . .
- "Several People Have Refused The Nobel" (Deccan Herald, Marianne de Nazareth, May 31, 2006)
Bangalore is famous the world over as home to a number of hi-tech multi-national companies and world class colleges. Infact we have been brought into Bangalore by Ericsson
- Infosys' Land Search For Kolkata Centre Continues (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
An Infosys Technologies' team today saw yet another piece of land for a possible development centre in Kolkata.
- Kalam Charts 7-Point Mission For Sbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Inaugurates bank's Bicentennial celebrations, urges it to create a Rs. 5,000-crore venture capital fund
- All For A Good Yarn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Do you actually care — I’d write give a damn, except that in these contexts one must choose one’s words with caution
- It’S The Hindus’Turn To Be Extremists (Deccan Herald, Nick Cohen, May 31, 2006)
Husain is the grand old man of Indian art. He began as a boy painting cinema hoardings for six annas per square foot before getting his first break at the Bombay Art Society in 1947.
- Pandora’S Box Awaits Opener (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The independent commission that students opposing the proposed 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes have demanded might be a Pandora’s box in India’s vote-bank politics.
- Indian Expertise To Rev Up Saudi Varsities: Arjun (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Giving a boost to their academic ties, India today agreed to help Saudi Arabia in setting up centres of excellence in its universities to promote scientific research and higher studies.
- India On Canvas (Tribune, Manjeet Kripalani, May 31, 2006)
What has been the best investment in India in recent years? No, it is not shares of an outsourcing firm such as Wipro, TCS or Infosys.
- Mandal Ii: Doctors On Collision Course With Supreme Court (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Agitating medicos on Wednesday decided to continue their anti-quota strike, setting the stage for a face-off with the Supreme Court, which had indicated that continuation of the 19-day long protest can invite contempt proceedings.
- Energy Conservation And House Building (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 31, 2006)
For 21 years, builders in the United Kingdom have been legally bound to construct homes that conserve energy.
- Moon’S Secrets Could Be Unravelled (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 31, 2006)
The synergy between the two space powers should benefit the scientific community
- Why Be An Addict Of A Killer? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The Consortium For Tobacco Free Karnataka and Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology held a panel discussion on exploring ways for implementing the Tobacco Act effectively at the Nimhans Convention Centre on Monday. Excerpts:
- Masters Of The New World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Is technology, meant to make us smarter by making information from around the world available to us at the push of a button, actually dumbing us down? DEEPA GANESH finds out
- Arms Control In A Unipolar World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 31, 2006)
After unsigning the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, sabotaging the verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention, and taking the arms race into Outer Space, the United States has finally settled on a multilateral arms control measure it . . .
- India To Help Saudi Arabia Set Up Centres Of Excellence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
India on Tuesday agreed to help Saudi Arabia in setting up centres of excellence in its universities to promote scientific research and higher studies.
- Arundhati Roy Nominated For Spanish Prize (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Margaret Atwood, 6 others too nominated
- India Shines At Hannover Tech Fair (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, May 31, 2006)
The way the world looks at India's changing fast. Viewed as a country of snake charmers a few decades back, India is now seen as a nation set to be a major power in the world, particularly in the economic field.
- Nixi Must Be More Effective, Says Trai (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday asked the Department of Information Technology (DIT) to make the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) effective in its mandated task of ensuring that Internet traffic, originating . . .
- High Expectations And Doubts (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 31, 2006)
Although the policy for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) was mooted way back in April 2000, it is only recently, at the implementation stage, that it is coming under close scrutiny.
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- Japan Rises In The East (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 31, 2006)
India and Japan already have numerous business joint ventures; they must now look to enhancing defence, and particularly maritime, cooperation
- A Venerable Name In Publishing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Humphrey Milford, the man behind setting up the Oxford University Press (OUP) in India, is quoted as saying that it would require `a good half-hour disquisition' to explain the difference between the Clarendon and Oxford imprints! Rimi B. Chatterjee . . .
- Bill For Obcs, Balm For The Rest (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, May 30, 2006)
After weeks of tossing the reservation issue between quota protesters and its champions, a clarity of sorts has emerged on the position taken by the UPA government and the Congress.
- Highly Disquieting (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 30, 2006)
A report in this newspaper makes a highly disquieting reading.
- An Ecological Patriot's Vision (Hindu, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, May 30, 2006)
A tribute to the acute perspective that M. Krishnan brought to the study of nature
- The Affluent Society (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
Despite bringing unprecedented prosperity and equality in the world, Capitalism has turned out to be a dirty word
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Buddha Bashing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 30, 2006)
As if to iterate that the more Marxists change, the more they remain the same, the meeting of the CPI(M) Polit Bureau in Kolkata made all the necessary noises to emphasise orthodoxy and negate its campaign platform in the recent West Bengal election.
- India Inc Can Sow A Paradigm Shift (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 30, 2006)
Corporates can bring about a turnaround in the agriculture sector, bringing all-round benefits.
- We Need More Engineers (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 30, 2006)
It’s time India built more, many more, IITs. Seven IITs for an economy that intends to sustain its current annual growth rate of 8%, and even improve on it, is dismally meagre.
- Pakistan Rallies Around A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 30, 2006)
Renewed interest in America on nuclear proliferation network
- Family Health Survey Puts Figure At 32 Per Cent (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, May 30, 2006)
Even as the Supreme Court takes a look at the basis of Government's quota contention, a Health Ministry household survey belies the Mandal Commission's claims that OBCs constitute over half of the total population.
- New Skills, Old Divides (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
There are two curious features about the agitation against reservations for other backward castes.
- India, China Can Resolve Complex Problems: Pranab (Tribune, Anil K. Joseph, May 30, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said “complex” problems that existed in Sino-Indian bilateral ties could be resolved through dialogues and mutual understanding.
- Is India Rally Over, Or Pausing? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 30, 2006)
In recent years, as any investor in either India or Intel knows, the tables have turned. Since the end of 2003, Intel investors have lost about 40 percent of their money, while those in India are up around 80 percent....
- In A Brinjal Soup (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 30, 2006)
Monsanto Mayho Biotech’s proposal for large-scale field trials of genetically modified Bt brinjals can show a way forward for Indian agriculture.
- 13-Member Quota Oversight Committee Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Committee told to submit report to Union Government by August 31
Three groups set up to draw up modalities for implementing the decision
The groups asked to complete their job by July 31
- Modern Classic (Hindu, Prema Nandakumar , May 30, 2006)
Two plantains for 15 paise. Eight annas for getting a proxy bus ticket. Thus starts the novel, Kuruthippunal, placing the events in an exact time frame with additional inputs about the first non-Congress government that had come to power in the . . .
- Yet Again We Cave In To Religious Bigots (Hindu, Nick Cohen, May 30, 2006)
Rival groups are egging each other on in a politics of grievance. Now, militant Hindus in Britain turn on M.F. Husain.
- Sbi Launches `E-Hundi' Facility At Tirumala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Swipe the debit card and make contributions to temple
Service comes free of cost with no strings attached
Apart from Srivari Hundi, a number of payments to other TTD schemes can be made
Customer gets receipt of payment through ATM transaction slip
- Medicos Welcome Court Appeal But Seek Written Assurance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
A softening of stand by medicos?
- Call Off Agitation, Cpi Tells Striking Medicos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Says continuation will mean doing away with reservation
- Junior Doctors Threaten To Launch Indefinite Strike From Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Procession taken out against Union Government's decision on reservation
- Celebrate The Kipunji Monkey (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
The discovery of a new primate in the high altitude forests of Tanzania is yet another compelling piece of evidence that science has a lot more to explore in the natural world.
- Patient Pm Avoids Strike Hospital (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
The Prime Minister was to get up close and personal with the striking doctors today. But at the last moment, he thought better of it.
- Through The Looking Glass In J&k (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 29, 2006)
New Delhi's dialogue with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference has reached an impasse. What could now lie ahead?
- Time For Stock Markets To Turn Sober (Hindu, C. R. L. Narasimhan, May 29, 2006)
Political stability and economic performance should decide sentiment
Over the last week, the stock market swings defied all understanding and seem to have left many investors and policy makers confused.
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